(55 ILCS 5/5-25003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25003)
Sec. 5-25003.
Election on establishment of county health
department and annual levy of additional tax. Whenever a
petition signed by voters representing not less than 10% of the
votes cast at the last preceding general election of any
county is presented to the county clerk requesting the establishment and
maintenance of a county health department and the levy therefor, in
excess of the statutory limit, of an additional annual tax of not to
exceed .1% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, of all taxable property of the county, the
county clerk shall certify the proposition for submission at an election
in accordance with the general election law, and the proposition shall be
so submitted. The proposition shall be in substantially the
following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall.... county levyan annual tax of not to YESexceed .1% for the purpose ------------------------------of providing community health NOfacilities and services?--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of all votes cast upon the proposition is in favor thereof,
the county board shall immediately proceed to establish a health
department. In any county in which a county health department was
established by a referendum prior to January 1, 1970, the county board may,
by resolution and without subsequent referendum, levy a tax at a rate not
to exceed the rate set forth in Section 5-25010.
However, any levy in excess of .05% shall be approved by at least a
three-fifths vote of the county board. The foregoing limitations upon
tax rates, insofar as they are applicable to counties of less than
1,000,000 population, may be increased or decreased under the referendum
provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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